Draw Made For League's Round Robin Qualifiers

The draw has been made for the Round Robin series of matches which make up the All-Ireland Provincial League Championship, with Wanderers, Kanturk, Clogher Valley and the Connacht qualifiers battling it out to gain a place in next season's Ulster Bank League.

2013/14 ALL-IRELAND PROVINCIAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES:

Saturday, March 22 -

Wanderers v Clogher Valley; Connacht qualifiers v Kanturk

Saturday, April 5 -

Clogher Valley v Connacht qualifiers; Kanturk v Wanderers

Saturday, April 12 -

Wanderers v Connacht qualifiers; Kanturk v Clogher Valley

Saturday, April 19 -

Play-off between second team in Championship and second-from-bottom side in Division 2B

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Ulster Qualifying League champions Clogher Valley, who lost last month's Ulster Bank Junior Cup final, Leinster title holders Wanderers and Munster winners Kanturk have made it through to the Round Robin series.

The Connacht qualifiers should be known by Sunday evening with Monivea (42 points), OLBC (39) and Ballinasloe (39) all pushing hard to gain the final slot.

Those three sides are fighting to finish as Connacht's top junior club behind Division 1A champions Corinthians, whose first team already compete in Division 1B of the Ulster Bank League.

In the All-Ireland Provincial League Championship, the points scoring system is the same as it is in the Ulster Bank League.

The table toppers after the three rounds of games will be promoted directly to Division 2B for next season.

The second-placed team in the Championship will play off against the team that finishes second-from-bottom in Division 2B. Currently Instonians are in that position in the table, with Boyne and Sligo above them.

The Division 2B club that finishes second-from-bottom will have home advantage for the play-off match on Saturday, April 19.

Rory Scannell of Dolphin RFC has been announced as the Ulster Bank League Division 1A Rising Star of the Month for January. He will now be shortlisted for the overall Ulster Bank Rising Star of the Year honour at the Ulster Bank League Awards, taking place in May.

With Clontarf slipping up at St. Mary's on Friday night, Terenure College closed in on a home semi-final in Ulster Bank League Division 1A with a well-judged 20-8 win away to Cork Constitution this afternoon.

The IRFU, Jamie Heaslip, Rob Kearney and the ISPCC have joined forces to 'Stand up against Bullying' with the development of a new 'Shield your Club' toolkit which will allow rugby clubs review, audit and improve their anti-bullying policies. Clubs can email safeguarding@irfu.ie for more information.

The Ireland Club team will play French Clubs at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday night after the RBS 6 Nations clash. We spoke to captain Matt D'Arcy, centre Mark Roche and head coach Paul Cunningham. Match tickets are on sale from www.ticketmaster.ie.

The Irish Rugby Football Union and the CARA National Adapted Physical Activity Centre, in conjunction with the Department of Justice and Equality, have launched the Xcessible Youth Sport Initiative 'Special Schools Tag Rugby'.

Rory Scannell turned in a man-of-the-match performance at out-half as his 24-point haul, including two terrific individual tries, helped Dolphin claim a bonus point in Saturday's 34-15 Ulster Bank League win over UCD in Cork.

Lansdowne have moved seven points clear at the top of Ulster Bank League Division 1A, but they had to endure a nerve-jangling finish against Old Belvedere whose goal-kicker Josh Glynn missed a late conversion on the Aviva Stadium's back pitch.

Mick McGrath is one of the latest players to make the step up from Ulster Bank League rugby to the professional game. The young Leinster winger has scored tries against Cardiff and Edinburgh so far this season.

Speaking at the launch of the Ulster Bank League Awards, Ireland assistant coach Les Kiss says he loves getting out to watch club rugby with one of his recent games being Armagh v Greystones in Division 2B.

Ulster Bank rugby ambassador Alan Quinlan talks about the importance of the Ulster Bank League to Irish rugby - as a pathway to the professional game and a platform for players to represent their local communities.